“The most significant skill it provided was being able to find a wide variety of historical sources to produce a research paper. The most significant knowledge was the several different perspectives on understanding nationalism.”

“The course provided me with a robust knowledge of the theoretical debates surrounding nationalism. Furthermore, it encouraged me to view the nation and national history as socially produced and analyzable from numerous different perspectives.”

“Professor Semyonov is an extremely engaging professor. He always takes students contributions seriously and encourages meaningful participation.”

“I learned the importance of applying critical thinking and analysis when studying texts. It became clear that it's essential to view each text through the lens of the historical period in which it was written.”

“Professor Semyonov does a fantastic job at pushing you to consider contexts and aspects of history that you never would have thought of before.”

“The assignments were particularly interesting – I had never been asked to review an AI generated essay and it was a wonderful exercise in pushing my own writing and understanding the abilities and limitations of AI as well.”

“I think the course pushed me to practice the skill of understanding individual words of authors, yet also understand the birds-eye view of their overall argument.”

“He struck a great balance between academic rigor and inclusivity/welcoming environment.”

“He really pushed us to think deeply and held us to a high standard academically. He knew when to push back and debate us, and when to encourage more lax discussion.”

“Professor Semyonov always encouraged looking at the readings from different angles and particularly in relation to one another.”

“Professor Semyonov was extremely knowledgable about the material he was teaching. I loved the way he would contextualize our readings.”

“I left the classroom every time feeling mentally thrashed, but I learned so much.”